Lan Al Mandragoran Quotes

Death is light as a feather; duty, heavy as a mountain

We are alike in many ways, you and I. There is darkness in us. Darkness, pain, death. They radiate from us. If ever you love a woman, Rand, leave her and let her find another. It will be the best gift you can give her.

She was a soldier, a warrior in her way as much as I. This could have happened two hundred times these past twenty years. She knew it, and so did I. It was a good day to die.

In war, you say a prayer for your dead and ride on, because there is always another fight over the next horizon." —al'Lan Mandragoran

I am al’Lan Mandragoran,” Lan bellowed. “Lord of the Seven Towers, Defender of the Wall of First Fires, Bearer of the Sword of the Thousand Lakes! I was once named Aan’allein, but I reject that title, for I am alone no more. Fear me, Shadow! Fear me and know. I have returned for what is mine. I may be a king without a land. But I am still a king!

There’s one rule above all others for being a man. Whatever comes, you face it on your feet.

Only once did anyone speak loudly enough for Rand to hear clearly. "You must handle it," Moiraine said in answer to something unheard from Lan. "He will remember too much as it is, and no help for it. If I stand out in his thoughts...

I'd not have thought to find a heron-mark sword in a place like this," Lan said.

Death comes sooner or later to everyone," the Warder said grimly, "unless they serve the Dark One, and only fools are willing to pay that price.

Death comes sooner or later to everyone, unless they serve the Dark One, and only fools are willing to pay that price.", the Warder said grimly.

You may talk if you wish," she went on absently, "but do it quietly. Now, you go, Master al'Vere. This is a sickroom, not a gathering hall. See that I am not disturbed.

In the north, in the Borderlands along the Great Blight, there is a saying. The look of the Eyeless is fear." "The Eyeless?" Rand said, and Lan nodded. "Myrddraal see like eagles, in darkness or in light, but they have no eyes. I can think of few things more dangerous than facing a Myrddraal. Moiraine Sedai and I both tried to kill, the one that was here last night, and we failed every time. Halfmen have the Dark One's own luck.

¡Soy al’Lan Mandragoran! —bramó—. ¡Señor de las Siete Torres, Defensor de la Muralla de los Fuegos Precursores, Portador de la Espada de los Mil Lagos! ¡Antaño me llamaban Aan’allein, pero reniego de ese título porque ya no estoy solo! ¡Que me tema la Sombra! Que me tema y me conozca. He vuelto a recuperar lo que me pertenece. Puede que sea un rey sin tierra. ¡Pero soy un rey!

Duty heavier than a mountain. Death lighter than a feather. - al'Lan Mandragoran